Daviljoe193 said:Yupimkindabored said:
He was annoying and literally ruined episodes when ryunnosuke was the main focus
I'm just going to briefly mention, I don't really like the character either. He's a real irredeemable piece of shit hovering around what is otherwise my favorite character of all time, Ryunosuke is best girl. I just find it funny when people get to the point of considering the whole anime to be ruined because of a single character who doesn't even get the dignity of having a first name. I don't have to disagree with a character hate comment to find it funny, it's just the disparity between my lax opinion, and some people's very extreme opinions gets me.
Then again, as this is an anime where every single character has an extremely vibrant personality, there are going to be a few characters that everybody hates.
When I watched Urusei Yatsura I didn't hate Ryuunosuke's dad that much. I had no idea he was so hated until I joined a few Urusei Yatsura communities and visited the MAL forums. I think hating him so much to the point you consider the series "ruined" or think of dropping the series is too extreme because he's just a side character but I have no idea what goes on in their heads so I can't tell them what to do or not. I just find the whole thing ridiculous because the entire point of the series is having obnoxious characters. Just like Helstar said. knossus said:Chiba Shigeru is quite experienced with annoying character (e.g Yotsuya of Maison Ikkoku or various background charas in Takahashi's works), so I can rest assured.
I wonder if Ryu's dad is the prototype for Happosai (both adult/senior stronger obsessive and jerkass), just like Ryu to Ranma?
Fuck Happosai though. He's probably the worst character in any Rumiko Takahashi work. I understand why he's written like that. He's a parody of all the "perverted old guy who's actually a master of martial arts" type characters from the 80s like Master Roshi. These characters were more or less treated as harmless jokes in their anime and Takahashi flipped the script on them by introducing Happosai who pretty much has the same quirks as the characters from other manga but without the manga glorifying him or treating him as someone who should be respected.